Autism | Friendship | Loneliness | Support Groups

Why I Left the Autism Support Group

It started off fairly well, but I had to leave in the end

Autistic Widower ("AJ")
5 min readJun 16, 2020

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A small plate containing two bourbon biscuits. One is broken into two pieces. Together, they are arranged on the plate to represent an emoji which is not particularly happy — the smile is a flat line made from the full biscuit, and the eyes are the two half biscuits. A half-empty cup of tea is next to the plate.
My “biscuit emoji” to represent how I felt towards the end. Photo taken by author, Autistic Widower.

Late last year, I started attending a local support group for autistic adults. In a previous article, I wrote about my first few weeks there. Back then, I had high hopes — but things did not go very…

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Autistic Widower ("AJ")

A former electronics engineer and programmer in Northern England, with a dry sense of humour and lots of true stories, memories, and opinions to share.